Matic Studio Etsy Sale

Right now MaticStudio is having a great sale on her wonderful winter gear. Stop by and check out her handmade scarves, hats etc and save a bundle on cold-weather treasures like these:

Lavender/ White Vine Scarf was $25 marked down to $20

CUSTOM Whoville Hat marked down to just $18 and you can pick your own favorite colors and fibers!

Chunky Eco Purse was $20 now down to $15


She's also got additional discounts for members of CAST and TeamCAC, check out her blog to learn more.

Helen's Harvest Etsy Shop

From the whimsical to the wonderful, Helen's Harvest sells fantastic hand-made lampwork beads and beaded items. You won't believe the selection she has -- and each and every piece is truly a work of art!

Etsy Chinese New Year Challenge

TeamEtsyTX does a crafters' challenge on the fourth Monday of each month. This month's theme is Chinese New Year. Here's the official announcement:

Since the 4th Monday of this month falls on the Chinese New Year, this month's Design Challenge theme was Celebrate the Chinese New Year!! This year is the year of the Ox, so entries must have something to do with Chinese New Year, Ox, Lantern Festival, Traditional Masks, ect.

We have some wonderful entries this month! Shops that participated are :

Brendaswhite.etsy.com
craftiness.etsy.com
crossties.etsy.com
elephantdreams.etsy.com
gemjunkie.etsy.com
lavenderlizard.etsy.com
miasophia.etsy.com
pinuppixie.etsy.com
redladyarts.etsy.com

There are Prizes for the Top Four Designs!!

First Place will be 1 month of Free Ad Space on my New Website. (This will be a continuing 1st Place Prize)

Other Surprizes for the 2nd,3rd,and 4th place are Generously being Donated by:

Refabulous.etsy.com (Donating 2)
Lavenderlizard.etsy.com

PLEASE Head on Over to Our Etsytx.ning site and Vote for your Favorite!
http://etsytx.ning.com/page/january-design-challenge

**Poll will close on Tuesday, Jan. 27th, with winners being announced the following day.**

WindTwirler's Etsy Shop

Ok, so the first Etsy shop I'm featuring is WindTwirler's.  WindTwirler is a member of TeamEtsyTX.  Her shop features some really unique origami jewelry.  I've never seen anything quite like it and I am totally blown away!  Really gorgeous pieces, and of course all hand made.  Quite affordable too -- the above earrings go for $8.  So go check it out!

More about Etsy!!!

So I've been trying to get a bit more active in the Etsy community, and I've found not one, not two, but three fabulous teams full of great people to network with! 

The first I joined was TeamCAC (Christian Artists and Crafters) which seems to be full of great people, although not terribly active.  I should probably take some initiative and talk a bit on the forums, but I'm far better at replying to threads than creating them, so I don't know how far I'll go with that one. 

Next up was CAST (Christian Artists Street Team) and my is this one ever active!  It's hard to keep up sometimes!  Another great group of folks there with some really amazing shops and superb talent on display.  So glad I found this group!

Finally, I joined ETC (Etsy Texas Crafters aka TeamEtsyTX).  My application was approved just this morning, but it seems like a neat group.  They have all kinds of events like monthly sales, themed creation contests, and "secrets" where people can get a free item with another purchase. 

So I've been thinking, there's gotta be a way I can support the folks in these three teams.  Oh!  I know!  I can feature their shops on my blog!  Look for the first feature tomorrow. 

BunGirl's Creations

I'm always looking for ways to make a quick buck or two on the internet, and I've long been a fan of Etsy.com, so I suppose it's only natural that I would eventually open a shop there. For Christmas I got a gift card to Michaels which I used to buy some jewelry supplies. Years back I did a lot of beading and had a ton of stuff for it, but that's long since been lost. So I'm starting fresh. Here's my first piece for sale:

You can click the photo to be taken to my store. Feedback is always appreciated!